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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP212005_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP212005_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Local/regional contest awards were not shown to have national/international recognition; membership was not shown to require outstanding achievements judged by recognized experts; claimed authorship was not substantiated as qualifying influential authorship; performance photographs did not establish display at recognized exhibitions/showcases.
Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.
Scope classification from review: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP212005_11B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 21, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field claimed: Peking Opera actress / performer. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from service-center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not reached" |
What the AAO decision addressed
Local/regional contest awards were not shown to have national/international recognition; membership was not shown to require outstanding achievements judged by recognized experts; claimed authorship was not substantiated as qualifying influential authorship; performance photographs did not establish display at recognized exhibitions/showcases.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | not met |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–5; order p. 5.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Potential narrow comparator on substantiating performing-arts awards, selective membership, authorship, and qualifying showcases; historical decision and specific record only. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 4 — Reviews authorship and display; qualifying evidence not established.
PDF page 5 — Concludes eligibility is not established and dismisses appeal.
How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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